Term 1 Week 9

Cross Country  

Congratulations to all of the students involved in our cross country carnival last Friday, it was a privilege to witness the many displays of great sportsmanship and determination as the students competed over the 1, 2 & 3km distances. Congratulations to the following students who were awarded age champion: Charles Angus, Lucy Rickuss, James Primus, Lacey James, Bailey Duggan, Emily Longmire, Jake Robertson, Adelaide Wilson and Archer Pennell was also awarded the Encouragement Trophy. The winning house for the day was McDonnell, Congratulations! Charles Angus was our only record breaker for the day, great work! Special thanks to the parents who willingly gave their time to ‘man’ a checkpoint, we can’t conduct this carnival without your very kind assistance. 

Athletics Trophies 

If you currently have an athletics trophy from our carnival in 2023 at home, can you please start sending these back into school in preparation for our carnival next term.  I need all trophies returned by the end of week 1 next term. 

T-Ball Gala Day 

Next Tuesday the 26th of March our Year 4 students will be travelling out to Kearney’s Springs to participate in the Catholic Schools T-Ball Gala Day.  Information about the day has already been sent out via the parent portal.  Please ensure you have read this information and you have given permission for your student to attend.  We are looking forward to a great day of T-Ball next week! 

Term 1 Week 7

Darling Downs Swimming Championships  

Last week a number of our students competed for Range Zone at the Darling Downs Swimming Championships in Gatton. Our swimmers enjoyed the experience and produced some great results. Congratulations to Jake Robertson and Zara Robertson who were selected in the DD team to compete at the State Titles in Brisbane. Good luck!  

Fun Run/800m  

The Fun Run/800m carnival (prep to year 6 students) will be held on the school oval on Friday 22nd March.  Please see the attached note for the schedule of the morning's events. 

Cross Country 

The Cross Country Carnival (9-12 years) will be held next Friday 15th March at Queen’s Park. A map of the running track will be sent via the parent portal and can be seen below, we will be using the same track as last year.  Thanks to all the parents that have already given permission for their student to attend this carnival, if you have not done so please complete this task no later than Wednesday 13th of March.  Students not intending on running at the carnival still require permission to leave the school grounds to walk to Queen’s Park. 

We are still looking for parent volunteers to assist with the Cross Country.  If you are able to spare a little time that day please email me danielle.king@twb.catholic.edu.au 

Year 4 T-Ball Gala Day 

The Year 4 students will be attending the Catholic Schools T-Ball Gala Day on Tuesday 26th March to participate in round robin games against other Catholic schools in our diocese.  This is a great opportunity for our students to learn a new sporting skill and interact with students from around our diocese.  Information regarding this carnival was sent out this week via the parent portal – please ensure you have given consent for your student to attend and read the information note. 

We are still looking for some parent volunteers to help assist on the day, if you are available please contact me via email so I can arrange this. 

Term 1 Week 5

Swimming  

Congratulations to the students who represented Mater Dei at the Range Zone swimming carnival so successfully. The following students gained selection in the Range team to compete at the Darling Downs Trials in Gatton on Wednesday 28th of Feb. We wish you all the best of luck.  

  • Penny Egan 
  • Cooper Howse 
  • Eden Cubby 
  • Poppy Johnston 
  • Adelaide Wilson 
  • John MacManus 
  • Zara Robertson 
  • Jake Robertson 

Cross Country 

The Cross Country (for 9-12 year old students) will be held on Friday 15th March at Queen’s Park. A map of the running track and further information about the carnival will be sent out closer to the date. A Sentral activity to grant permission for your students to attend the carnival and leave the school grounds will be pushed out next week for you to complete.  We still require permission for your student to attend even if they will not be running on the day. If you can assist with the cross country on the 15th of March, could you please email me directly on Danielle.King@twb.catholic.edu.au 

Fun Run/800m  

The Fun Run/800m carnival (prep to year 6 students) will be held on the school oval on Friday 22nd March.  More information and the schedule for the day will be sent out closer to the date. 

Term 1 Week 3

Communication  

All information regarding sport at both Mater Dei & Toowoomba Zone levels will be distributed to the parent body via the Parent Portal and our Latest News.  

Swimming 

Congratulations to all the students who attended and competed at our senior swimming carnival in week 2.  It was a great day with lots of fantastic swimming and team spirit being shown.  Thanks to all the parents that attended on the day, it is always great to see you supporting your students.  Congratulations to the students listed below that were awarded age champions on the day.  Congratulations also to our record breakers on the day – Jake Robertson 12 year old freestyle and butterfly, Zara Robertson 10 year old butterfly and Poppy Johnston 9 year old backstroke.  Good luck to our selected students representing Mater Dei at the Catholic School Swimming Carnival on February 9th and the Range Zone Swimming Carnival on February 12th. 

Boys 

Girls 

9 Years 

Poppy Johnston 

Johnny MacManus 

10 years 

Zara Robertson 

Owen Duffus 

11 years 

Eden Cubby 

Oscar Rickuss 

12 years 

Adelaide Wilson 

Jake Robertson 

Fastest Swimmer in the School 

Jake Robertson 

Champion House and Spirit Award 

Malone 

2024 Term 1 Week 1 - Sport

Communication  

All information regarding sport at both Mater Dei & Toowoomba Zone levels will be distributed to the parent body via email or the Parent Portal. Please monitor these regularly, particularly when there are upcoming carnivals. Please find attached the 2024 sport save the date. 

Cross Country Trophies 

If your student has one of our cross country trophies from 2023, can you please send them back to school before the end of week 3. 

Mater Dei Swimming Carnival  

The sporting year kicks off next Tuesday 30th of January with the swimming carnival at Milne Bay for students born 2012 – 2015. All students from years 4 – 6 will attend the carnival for the day and the year 3 students born in 2015 who are swimming will also attend. The final program will be sent via the Parent Portal on Monday afternoon. Please remember that this is a school day and students should remain at the carnival for the day, students will be bussed to and from school. There should be no tuckshop orders made for students attending the carnival on the day. Make sure that you have given permission via the parent portal for your student to attend (even if they are not swimming). 

Year 3 Mater Dei Swimming Program  

The swimming program offered at Mater Dei is very comprehensive and fulfills all criteria set out by the Government. The year 3 students receive weekly lessons, incorporating learn to swim, survival swimming and stroke improvement held at Fairholme. At this stage, information from Fairholme is that Swimming for year 3 will begin in term 3, information and dates for the year will be sent out later during term 2.  

Representative Sport  

Students born 2012, 2013 & 2014 are eligible to trial for Toowoomba Zone teams to attend Darling Downs trials. This is generally for team sports with a few exceptions (e.g. golf, orienteering). The application form and further information was sent via the parent portal earlier this week. You can complete your student's nomination either via the Microsoft Teams form (link below), print at home and return the nominations form or request a hard copy to be sent home with your student.  These nominations are to be returned no later than the end of week 3. Please read the age and selection criteria carefully before nominating your child.  

Orienteering 

In term 4 in 2023, our year 4 and 5 students tried a new sport through our PE lessons, which was orienteering.  Our students had a great time experiencing a new sport that many of them had never heard of before.  Please see the attached flyer about some upcoming introductory sessions to orienteering that your students may be interested in attending. 

Week 9 Sport

Junior Swimming Carnival

On Monday 29th November, Prep to Year 3 participated in the Junior Swimming Carnival.

Well done to all the students for all their efforts and congratulations to all the Age Champions for 2023. What an exciting time for two students who broke records; Iyla Cubby broke the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly records for 7 year girls and Poppy Johnston broke the butterfly record for 8 year girls. These students should be very proud of their achievements.


6 Years Girls Georgia Campbell
6 Years Boys Joshua Lax
7 Years Girls Iyla Cubby
7 Years Boys Mac Worsley
8 Years Girls Poppy Johnston
8 Years Boys Johnny MacManus

2024 Sport Save the dates

Please see below the dates for our sporting events in 2024. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday period with their family and look forward to starting a new year off with our first event – the senior swimming carnival on the 30th of January.

2024 Year 3 Swimming Lessons

For those students going into year 3 in 2024 their swimming lessons which run during their PE time at school next year won't start until the beginning of term 3. More information regarding swimming will come out next year closer to the time.

Term 4 Week 7 Sport

Junior Swimming Carnival

The Junior Swimming Carnival for Prep – Year 3 students will be held on the Monday of Week 9, the 27th of November, at the Fairholme pool. I want to thank all the parents that have nominated their students into events on the day and contacted me regarding any questions around nominating. If you have not already done so, please ensure you have given permission for your student to attend via the parent portal even if they are not swimming on the day. Further information regarding the day will be sent out via the parent portal at the start of week 8 in preparation for our carnival in week 9.

Senior Swimming Carnival 2024 (students born in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 only)

This carnival will be held at Milne Bay on Tuesday 30th of January next year. We will be moving from the online nominating process to a hard copy nomination form that will be sent home to students for you to complete with your student. By sending this form home it allows you to have a discussion with your student around what events they want to enter and their confidence in entering the event, which avoids last minute changes to the program before the carnival. These nomination forms will be sent home next week with your students to complete and return to their class teacher by Friday 24th of November.

Please remember the following notes when nominating:

  • Students can swim in either a 50m or 25m event in each stroke – up to 4 events in total. A combination of 25m and 50m events across the strokes is fine. E.g. 50m Freestyle, 25m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke and 25m Butterfly.

  • Students who wish to be considered for age champion or selected in the school team must swim in the championship 50m events in each stroke (sometimes students in the regular 50m events with times that meet the selection criteria will also be selected).

  • Students currently in Year 2 born in 2015 only need to nominate if they are competent in completing their chosen event, students not swimming will not attend the carnival in 2024. Please still complete the relevant section of the nomination form if your student is not swimming so that this can be recorded for supervising purposes at school.

Please contact me danielle.king@twb.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions regarding this nomination process.

Queensland Primary All School Carnival

On the 4th and 5th of November our two school touch football teams competed at the Queensland Primary All Schools carnival held in Redlands. These teams all did extremely well competing against schools from all over Queensland on the weekend. The students that attended made Mater Dei proud by the way they went about playing their games and showing great sportsmanship win or lose. I wanted to say a big thanks to all the parents that made this opportunity possible for their students by giving up their time to take them away for the weekend. Thanks again go to all the coaches – Jenna Taylor, Aleisha Wilson and Sophie Head. Congratulations to all students who attended!

Olympics Unleashed

Our year 4 – 6 students had a fantastic visit from Triathlete Kira Hedgeland last Friday. Both the students and teachers learnt a lot from Kira about how to set goals and persist even when things get tough. It was a great opportunity to have Kira come and talk to our students and we thank the Olympics Unleashed program for making this happen.

Week 5 Sport

Sport Trophies

There are still a number of outstanding trophies that need to be returned ASAP. I am needing all senior swimming trophies and any other trophies held by current year 6 students from the athletics and cross country carnivals returned.

Junior Swimming Carnival

The Junior Swimming Carnival for Prep – Year 3 students will be held on the Monday of week 9 the 27th of November at the Fairholme pool. Thanks to all the parents that returned their nomination forms by the due date this week. If you have not already returned your nomination form can this please be returned asap. Even if your student will not be swimming on the day, can you please return the form stating this or email me directly at Danielle.King@twb.catholic.edu.au

Year 2 Swimming Assessment

Swimming is a major component of our PE Curriculum in Year 3. In preparation for next year, all students in Year 2 will be assessed by the Fairholme instructors on Tuesday 14th of November (Week 7). Further information regarding this was sent home via the Parent Portal, please ensure that you have read the information and have given permission for your student to attend via the parent portal.

Senior Swimming Carnival 2024 (students born in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 only)

This carnival will be held at Milne Bay on Tuesday 30th of January next year. We will be moving from the online nominating process to a hard copy nomination form that will be sent home to students for you to complete with your student. By sending this form home it allows you to have a discussion with your student around what events they want to enter and their confidence in entering the event, which avoids last minute changes to the program before the carnival. These nomination forms will be sent home next week with your students to complete and return to their class teacher by Tuesday 24th of November.

Please remember the following notes when nominating:

  • Students can swim in either a 50m or 25m event in each stroke – up to 4 events in total. A combination of 25m and 50m events across the strokes is fine. E.g. 50m Freestyle, 25m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke and 25m Butterfly.

  • Students who wish to be considered for age champion or selected in the school team must swim in the championship 50m events in each stroke (sometimes students in the regular 50m events with times that meet the selection criteria will also be selected).

  • Students currently in Year 2 born in 2015 only need to nominate if they are competent in completing their chosen event, students not swimming will not attend the carnival in 2024. Please still complete the relevant section of the nomination form if your student is not swimming so that this can be recorded for supervising purposes at school.

Please contact me danielle.king@twb.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions regarding this nomination process.

Queensland Primary All School Carnival

This weekend our two teams that competed at the Swans Primary All Schools Carnival earlier in the term will be competing again at the Redlands touch grounds at the Queensland Primary All Schools Carnival. This is a great opportunity for these students to attend a large carnival playing against schools from all over Queensland – not just Toowoomba. They have been training very hard for this competition since the start of last term improving on their confidence and skills in the game of touch football. All teams have been showing great enthusiasm and team spirit at our trainings and we wish them the best of luck this weekend at the carnival!

Orienteering

This term the students in Year 4 & 5 have had the opportunity to experience a new sport that a number of students didn’t know existed before this term. We have had a representative from Orienteering Queensland come out to the school and have run 2 sessions with the students showing them the skills involved in the sport of orienteering. Students have had a fantastic time so far exploring what is involved with orienteering. Please find a flyer below about the Toowoomba orienteering clubs upcoming events that students may be interested in attending this term, there will even be one run at Mater Dei at the start of November. Any Mater Dei students that attend our school for their club event on the Sunday afternoon will get a discounted entry fee of $4 and free SI, your student will just need to wear their school polo shirt when they attend.

Olympics Unleashed

Next Friday 10th of November the year 4 – 6 students will be visited by Kira Hedgeland as part of the Olympics Unleashed program. The students will learn from Kira Hedgeland’s Olympic journey how to build resilience, the importance of setting goals and how to find what you are passionate about. Students will hear first and from Kira Hedgeland about how she overcame challenges to compete in their chosen sport at the very highest level, and how some lessons they’ve learned in sport can help students be the best they can be – whether that’s in school, at home, on the sporting field or with friends.

Sport - Term 4 Week 3

Sport Trophies

Please return all senior swimming trophies and any other trophies held by current year 6 students from the athletics and cross country carnivals as soon as possible, these need to be sent away for engraving ready for next years carnivals.

Track and Field State Championships

Congratulations to Jesse Boshammer (shot put), Billy Johnston (100m sprint) and Emily Longmire (high jump) who recently competed at the Track and Field State Championships in Brisbane. I have heard that all the students had a great time experiencing the next level of competition in their selected sport which is fantastic to hear. Keep up the great work in your sporting efforts in the future.


Junior Swimming Carnival

The Junior Swimming Carnival for Prep – Year 3 students will be held on the Monday of week 9 the 27th of November at the Fairholme pool. An information note about the carnival and how to nominate your student for events was handed out at the end of Term 3. Please ensure you read the note carefully and complete the nomination section at the bottom of the note. This nomination section is to be cut off and returned to your students’ classroom teacher no later than Monday 6th of November. Please return the nomination form even if your student is not planning on swimming as this helps with planning the events for the carnival. Remember to give permission for your student to walk to the pool and attend the carnival via the parent portal.

Senior Swimming Carnival 2024 (students born in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 only)

This carnival will be held at Milne Bay on Tuesday 30th of January next year. We will be moving from the online nominating process to a hard copy nomination form that will be sent home to students for you to complete with your student. By sending this form home it allows you to have a discussion with your student around what events they want to enter and their confidence in entering the event, which avoids last minute changes to the program before the carnival. These nomination forms will be sent home next week with your students to complete and return to their class teacher by Tuesday 24th of November.

Please remember the following notes when nominating:

  • Students can swim in either a 50m or 25m event in each stroke – up to 4 events in total. A combination of 25m and 50m events across the strokes is fine. E.g. 50m Freestyle, 25m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke and 25m Butterfly.

  • Students who wish to be considered for age champion or selected in the school team must swim in the championship 50m events in each stroke (sometimes students in the regular 50m events with times that meet the selection criteria will also be selected).

  • Students currently in Year 2 born in 2015 only need to nominate if they are competent in completing their chosen event, students not swimming will not attend the carnival in 2024. Please still complete the relevant section of the nomination form if your student is not swimming so that this can be recorded for supervising purposes at school.

  • Please contact me danielle.king@twb.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions regarding this nomination process.

SWQ Primary All Schools Touch Carnival

Last Sunday a number of Year 5 & 6 students competed in the SWQ All Schools Touch Competition at Kearney Springs. All the teams that competed played their hearts out showing fantastic skill and perseverance during their games! These students should be extremely proud of their efforts throughout what was a hot day. Many thanks to Jenna Taylor, Aleisha Wilson and Sophie Head for coaching the teams, both before and at the carnival. Thanks also to the parents who attended the carnival to support their students on the day. These students will travel to Redlands for the Queensland Primary All Schools Touch Carnival on 3 – 5 November, we wish them the best of luck at their next competition!

Orienteering

This term the students in Year 4 & 5 have had the opportunity to experience a new sport that a number of students didn’t know existed before this term. We have had a representative from Orienteering Queensland come out to the school and have run 2 sessions with the students showing them the skills involved in the sport of orienteering. Students have had a fantastic time so far exploring what is involved with orienteering. Please find a flyer below about the Toowoomba orienteering clubs upcoming events that students may be interested in attending this term, there will even be one run at Mater Dei at the start of November. Any Mater Dei students that attend our school for their club event on the Sunday afternoon will get a discounted entry fee of $4 and free SI, your student will just need to wear their school polo shirt when they attend.

Sport - Term 4 Week 1

Sport Trophies

Please return all senior swimming trophies and any other trophies held by current year 6 students from the athletics and cross country carnivals by the end of week four (Friday 27th of October).

Aussie Hoops

Pop Dickerson from Aussie Hoops has been conducting clinics during PE classes this week. Aussie Hoops will be conducted on our basketball courts each Wednesdat at morning tea for 7 weeks beginning next week October 18th. Please see the flyer sent home or attached below.

Year 2 Swimming Assessment

Swimming is a major component of our PE Curriculum in Year 3. In preparation for next year, all students in Year 2 will be assessed by the Fairholme instructors on Tuesday 14th of November (Week 7). Further information regarding this will be sent home via the Parent Portal, please ensure that you have read the information and have given permission for your student to attend via the parent portal.

Junior Swimming Carnival

The Junior Swimming Carnival for Prep – Year 3 students will be held on the Monday of week 9 the 27th of November at the Fairholme pool. An information note about the carnival and how to nominate your student for events was handed out at the end of Term 3. Please ensure you read the note carefully and complete the nomination section at the bottom of the note. This nomination section is to be cut off and returned to your students’ classroom teacher no later than Monday 6th of November. Please look out for the parent portal activity to give permission for your student to attend, permission still needs to be given if your student is not swimming on the day.

Sports Update Term 3 Week 9

Year 4 Touch Football Gala Day

Students in Year 4 will be attending the Catholic Schools Touch Football Gala Day next Tuesday 12th of September, please ensure that you have given permission for this event via the Parent Portal. Students will be transported to and from the grounds via bus, please ensure students have their hats, sunscreen, plenty of water and food for the day.

Year 6 Dance Night

Information regarding the Year 6 dance night was sent home on Monday of Week 7 in preparation for the event next Thursday 14th of September. Please ensure you have returned your attendance slip at the bottom of that note and we look forward to a great night of dancing.

Year 5 & 6 Friday Interschool Sport

Congratulations to all students involved in the Friday interschool sport program this term. All students have enjoyed their time playing against other schools and learning some new sporting skills. These students should be commended on their great sportsmanship and Together Terry dispositions whilst participating over the term!

Year 2 Swimming Assessment

Swimming is a major component of our PE Curriculum in Year 3. In preparation for next year, all students in Year 2 will be assessed by the Fairholme instructors on Tuesday 14th of November (Week 7, Term 4). Further information regarding this will be sent home via the Parent Portal at in the week one of next term. When this is released, please ensure you give permission for your student to attend. If you have any questions regarding this assessment, please feel free to contact me.

Swimming Trophies

If your student received a swimming trophy at the junior swimming carnival in Term 4 2022 or at the senior swimming carnival in Term 1 this year, can these please be returned to the office or to Miss King as soon as possible. Any students in Year 6 that also have trophies from the cross country, 800m or the athletics carnivals can these also be returned. ]

Junior Swimming Carnival

The Junior Swimming Carnival for Prep – Year 3 students will be held on the Monday of week 9 the 27th of November at the Fairholme pool. An information note about the carnival and how to nominate your student for events will be handed out to students on Friday of Week 9 Term 3. Please ensure you read the note carefully and complete the nomination section at the bottom of the note. This nomination section can be cut off and returned to your students’ classroom teacher no later than Monday 6th of November.

Junior Touch Footy - All Abilities Program

Sport Update Term 3 Week 7

Year 4 Touch Football Gala Day

The students from Year 4 will be competing in the Catholic Schools Touch Football Gala Day to be played at Kearney's Spring Touch Football Grounds, cnr Ruthven & Spring Sts on Tuesday 12th of September. Information was sent via the Parent Portal in week 6, please ensure you have given permission on there for your student to attend. If you are available to assist with a team on the day, your help would be greatly appreciated. Please contact your class teacher or email me on Danielle.King@twb.catholic.edu.au


DD Athletics 

Congratulations to the students who participated as part of the Range Zone team at the DD athletics carnival on Tuesday 15th of August, from all reports you performed very well on the day.  Good luck to Jesse Boshammer (shot put), Emily Longmire (high jump) and Billy Jhonston (100m) who were selected in the DD team to attend the Track and Field State Championships in October. 

Year 6 Dance

The students have completed two lessons of their dance and are already doing a great job at remembering their moves from each week. Just a reminder that it is easier to dance in their formal school shoes compared to their joggers, we ask that your students' formal shoes be packed in their bag to be changed into for their dance lesson. Below is further information relating to the upcoming dance night at the end of the term. A hard copy of this information was sent out this week for you to return your attendance slip at the bottom.

Details of the night are listed below:

Date: Thursday 14th September 2023

Time: 5:45 pm – 8:00pm  

Venue: WMC 

Dress: Smart casual dress code for the night 


Program:

5:45 pm: Drop children off at the WMC to prepare for a 6:00 pm start. 

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Dancing (students only). While the children are dancing in the hall, parent/guardian or special adult are invited to wine and cheese to be held in the staffroom. More details regarding the social aspect and catering arrangements of this evening will come from the year 6 class representatives. 

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm approx: Parents return for photo opportunities and to dance with their child, due to restrictions in space we would ask that siblings do not attend.

7:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Supper

Swans Schools Cup

Congratulations to our boys and girls touch teams who competed in the Swans Schools Cup over the last 6 weeks. Both teams played in the finals on Monday this week with the girls coming runners up and 2nd overall for the competition and the boys won their 3 v 4 play off finishing 3rd overall in their competition. These students will continue their training working towards our next competition in October.


Junior Swimming Carnival Trophies

If your student received a trophy at last years Junior Swimming Carnival at the end of Term 4 2022, can you please return these to the office before the end of this term so that these can be sent to the engraver ready for our carnival at the end of Term 4.

Sport Update - Term 3 Week 5

Year 6 Dance

Year 6 will start their dance lessons with Peter Vernon from Muzic4u next week and will continue these lessons through to the end of the term. The students will participate in a culminating dance night at the end of the term – Thursday 14th of September. An information letter with the details of the night will go out later in the term.

Range Zone Athletics

We had a large number of students attend the Range Zone Athletics on Monday 7th of August at O’Quinn Street Oval. The students should be commended on their behaviour and their show of sportsmanship throughout the day. It was great to see the students cheering on fellow peers when they were competing and congratulating them on their return. Congratulations to all of the students that competed! Good luck to the following students who were selected to be part of the Range Zone team and compete for a place in the DD Athletics team next week: Grace Bradshaw, Billy Johnston, Jack Coonan, Bailey Duggan, Emily Longmire, Jesse Boshammer, Patrick Doherty and Meli Manibe. We wish these students good luck at their next carnival.

Visiting Coaches

This term we have had a number of visiting coaches come to Mater Dei and run sessions with our students. The students involved have learnt new skills and had a great time whilst doing it. All students from Prep to Year 6 were visited by the AFL Auskick coaches, the year 4 students were visited by a Futsal instructor and the year 1 and year 2 students participated in Aussie T-Ball sessions. We thank all these coaches who gave up time to come and run these sessions.

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Friday InterSchool Sport 

The updated draws can now be found in the sport folder on the parent portal to be accessed at any time. 

Parent Portal - Resources - Sport - Term 3 Draw

Year 4 Touch Gala Day

The Year 4 students will be participating in the Catholic Schools Touch Football Gala Day at Kearney’s Spring on Tuesday 12th of September (Week 10). An information note will be attached to the activity that will be sent out via the parent portal within the next week. Please ensure you read this note and give permission for your student to attend via the parent portal. If you can assist on the day with a team please let me know via my email Danielle.King@twb.catholic.edu.au

Sport Update Term 3 Week 3

FRIDAY INTERSCHOOL SPORT

Years 5 & 6 have started their participation in the Toowoomba Primary School Interschool Sport Competition in week 2 of this term and from all accounts the students had a great first week of games. The students will compete in Rugby League (boys), Netball (girls), Soccer (boys) and Rugby 7s (boys & girls) at different venues in weeks 4, 5, 6, 7, & 9. Information regarding interschool sport and the draw was emailed out and can be found in the parent portal in the Friday sport activity.

CATHOLIC NETBALL AND TOUCH CARNIVALS

As part of Catholic Education Week celebrations the students from Years 5 & 6 participated in touch football and netball carnivals on Thursday 27 July. All students involved had a great day developing and learning new skills involved in these two sports. Thanks to all the teachers involved that helped make the day run smoothly getting teams to their games on time during the day.

Year 3 Swimming

Swimming started back again in week 3 and will continue now until its conclusion in term 4.  Remember to ensure your child’s clothing (underwear and socks included) are labelled with their name to ensure if any clothing is misplaced it can be returned to its home. 

FUTSAL

Our year 4 students were visited by Chris McLeod in week 2 who ran futsal sessions with both classes during their PE lesson. All the students had a great time learning new skills from Chris during these lessons. I have been asked to pass on the attached flyer regarding a Term 4 social futsal competition that students may be interested in participating in. Please send all enquires through to the email on the flyer.

AFL Auskick

During week 1 and 2 of this term all students from Prep to Year 6 participated in AFL skill sessions run by representatives from the AFL Auskick program. The Auskick program started this week on Wednesday afternoon. Please see the attached flyer if you were wanting any further information or still wanted to register your student to participate.

Range Zone Athletics

A number of Mater Dei students selected from our school athletics carnival that was conducted at the end of term 2 will be competing at the Range Zone Athletics Carnival held on the 7th of August. We wish all these students luck as they compete to gain position into the Range team to compete for DD selection.

Athletics Carnival

Thanks to the many spectators who joined the students from Prep to Year 6 on the oval on Friday 16th of June as they ran, jumped and threw against their peers in the annual athletics carnival. With the change to our format, it saw the students have a very full day competing in all track and field events in what turned out to be a fantastic day. Special thanks to the parents that organised the bake sale and the coffee van that were available for all to utilise on the day. Congratulations to the age champions for the day and to the students selected in the Mater Dei team for the Catholic (14 July) and Range Zone (7 August) athletics carnivals. Please see below the list of age champions from the carnival.  

 

5 Years Boys 

Tommy Dau 

5 Years Girls 

Aria Scarinci 

6 Years Boys 

Jackson Duggan 

6 Years Girls 

Sally Palmer 

7 Years Boys 

Maru Jee 

7 Years Girls 

Lily Herbert 

8 Years Boys 

Carter Booth 

8 Years Girls 

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Sport Update Term 2 Week 7

Athletics Carnival

The Mater Dei Athletics carnival will be held on Friday the 16th of June on our school oval. All students from Prep to Year 6 will be participating in this carnival. Students from Prep to under 9 will participate in a tabloids program made up of modified athletics activities along with their sprint event. These students will have morning tea and lunch at the same time as usual, with their events concluding before lunch. Students 9 years and older will compete in their field events, 80m/100m sprints and 200m races. With the change to our carnival this year having all events occur on one day, the only field event that will change slightly is discus, due to the availability of space for us to conduct the event on our grounds. In our PE lessons during week 8 and week 9, our 9 – 12 year olds will have their discus throws measured as if they were competing at the athletics carnival, from those measurements a top 8 for boys and girls of each year group will be selected and will compete at the athletics carnival. The students selected in the top 8 will be informed before the carnival date. Information about the procedures for the day, the map of the event locations and the schedule will be sent via the parent portal, please look out for this information.

Representative Sport

Congratulations to Everett Davenport who recently competed at the Golf State Championships at the Sunshine Coast from the 21 – 24 May. Everett did extremely well over the carnival learning a number of new skills and learning ways to face the challenges that can come with weather and different golf courses can present. We wish him all the best as he continues to further his golfing skills and we look forward to hearing how he progresses in the future.

Year 3 Swimming

The year 3 students started their swimming program this week and have had a great start to their program which is run during their PE lessons. We look forward to seeing how your swimming ability and skills progress over the course of our program.

Touch Football - Expressions of Interest

We are calling for expressions of interest to participate in the 2023  QLD PRIMARY ALL SCHOOLS TOUCH FOOTBALL COMPETITION  which will take place at the Cleveland Showgrounds, Redlands. Nominations are open to both boys and girls in year 5 & 6 born 2011 & 2012. Mater Dei's teams have had great success in the past at the all schools competition and in the lead up competitions. I will talk to the year 5 and 6 students in their PE lessons next week and hand a note out to any interested students to take home. This note will have some more details about what is involved if you are interested in having your student trial and be part of our Mater Dei teams for the competition. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Athletics Carnival

With our athletics carnival approaching on Friday of week 9 – 16th of June, I am looking for any parents that might be able to volunteer some time on the day to help with time keeping sprints or assisting teachers in measuring our field events on the day. You don’t need to volunteer all day, it could be 1 or 2 hours in the morning or afternoon. If you can assist please email me Danielle.King@twb.catholic.edu.au within the next two weeks and let me know if you can assist and how long you would like to assist for.


Further information about the schedule and the structure of the day will be sent out to parents at the end of week 7.